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Issue: Vol. 5729 No. 1: 12 Dec. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5729.1.6
Page range: 151-162
Abstract views: 30
PDF downloaded: 2

Two new species of Utivarachna Kishida, 1940 from Yunnan, China (Araneae: Trachelidae)

Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization in the Fanjing Mountain Region; Tongren University; Tongren; 554300 Guizhou; China
Nanjiang Administration of Yunnan Wulingshan National Nature Reserve; Dali; 671000; Yunnan; China
Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization in the Fanjing Mountain Region; Tongren University; Tongren; 554300 Guizhou; China
Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization in the Fanjing Mountain Region; Tongren University; Tongren; 554300 Guizhou; China
Araneae DNA barcode morphology southwestern China taxonomy

Abstract

Two new species belonging to the kinabaluensis-group of the trachelid genus Utivarachna Kishida, 1940 are described from Yunnan, China: U. daweishanensis Wang & Mi, sp. nov. (male, female), and U. deelemanae Wang & Mi, sp. nov. (male, female). Diagnostic photos of the habitus and copulatory organs are provided.

 

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How to Cite

Zhang, J., Shi, G., Wang, C. & Mi, X. (2025) Two new species of Utivarachna Kishida, 1940 from Yunnan, China (Araneae: Trachelidae). Zootaxa, 5729 (1), 151–162. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5729.1.6